Cross-line buckle.



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APPLICATION FILED SEPT.24,1906- 772077006 Bean THE NORRIS PETERS ca,WISHl/vcrmv, p. c.

PATENT orrron.

THOMAS BEAN, OF GETZ, VIRGINIA.

CROSS-LINE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed September 24, 1906. Serial No. 335.938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BEAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Getz, in the county of Shenandoah and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cross-Line Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of buckles dc signed particularlyfor connecting the cross lines of harness reins but useful in variousways to attach strap parts together for convenient detachment orrelative adjustment thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle embodying the invention inuse for connecting cross lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view. Fi 3 is a view of the buckle detached from the strapparts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, a buckle comprising the sameconsists mainly of a frame composed of the sides 1, the bottom 2 and theend loops 3. The frame is preferably of integral formation and thebottom 2 thereof is formed with an upwardly projecting rigid tongue orstud 4. The bottom 2 of the frame of the buckle is formed with openings5 near opposite ends thereof and adjacent to the loops 3.

Mounted in the sides 1 of the frame is a tongue carrying cross bar 6which is of somewhat arch form, having lateral journals which aremounted in bearings in the sides of the frame. The buckle tongue 7 isintegrally formed preferably with the cross bar 6 and the outerextremity of this tongue is adapted to rest upon the upper portion ofone of the loops 3 when the tongue is in operative position. Thejournals of the cross bar 6 establish a pivotal connection between thiscross bar and its tongue 7, and the sides of the buckle frame and thepoint of connection of the bar 6 with the frame, is at one side of avertical plane including the rigid tongue or stud 4. The purpose of therelative arrangement of the stud 4 with regard to the point ofconnection of the cross bar 6 with the sides 1, is to cause theintermediate or central portion of the bar 6 to occupy a position justabove and virtually in contact with the upper end of the stud 4, whenthe tongue 7 is in operative position in engagement with a strap partattached to the buckle.

In its adaptation as illustrated, the long line 8 of the harness reinswill be passed through the buckle frame through the openings 5 and willextend over the bottom portion 2 of said frame, the stud 4 engaging anopening, a plurality of which will be provided in the length of the line8 for adjusting purposes. A short line 9, however, will be passedthrough one of the end loops 3 and will be engaged by the tongue 7 afterwhich said short line will be passed with its free end through the otherof the end loops 3. The normal tension on the short line 9 therefore, issuch as to hold the tongue 7 down upon one of the end loops 3, as shownin Fig. 2, and this arrangement normally causes the cross bar 6 toassume a position in contact with the upper end of the stud 4 andprevent likelihood of displacement of the long line 8 from the stud 4.To detach or adjust the long line it is necessary to first detach theshort line 9, and raise the tongue 7 to move the cross bar 6 away fromthe stud 4, whereupon the long line may be detached from the stud andadjusted as desired.

The operation and advantages of the invention will be obvious from theforegoing.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a cross line buckle, the combination of a frame, a rigid tongueprojecting from the frame, and a tongue carrying cross bar having atongue projecting therefrom and movable toward and from the rigid tonguefirst mentioned, for the purpose specified.

2. In a cross line buckle, the combination of a frame from the bottomportion of which projects upwardly a stud or rigid tongue adapted toengage a strap part, and a tongue carrying cross bar movably mounted onthe frame and arranged to engage the stud or rigid tongue for thepurpose specified.

3. In a cross line buckle, the combination of a frame from the bottomportion of which projects upwardly a stud or rigid tongue adapted toengage a strap part, and a tongue carrying cross bar having a suitablestrap engag ing tongue mounted thereon and of arch form so as to bemoved into and out of engagement with the rigid tongue or stud asmentioned.

4. In combination, a buckle comprising a frame embodying sides, and fromthe bottom portion of which projects upwardly a stud or rigid tongue, astrap part passing through the frame and engaged by said stud or rigidtongue, a tongue carrying cross bar having a suitable tongue projectingtherefrom and pivotally mounted in the sides of the frame, whereby thesame may be moved toward and from the stud or rigid tongue, and a strappart engaged with the tongue of the pivoted cross bar.

5. In a cross line buckle, the combination of a frame embodying a bottomportion having an upwardly project ing stud or rigid tongue, a cross barof arch form having the sides thereof provided with lateral journalsmounted in hearings in the sides of the frame, and a tongue projectingfrom said cross bar, the cross bar being movable so that theintermediate portion thereof will cooperate with the stud or rigidtongue to prevent displacement of a strap part therefrom.

In testimony whereof I afiix'my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS BEAN. [1,. s.] Witnesses:

C. L. Gncrz, G. E. PENCE.

